Pay To Win.... Like Black Desert Online... and Even WORSE

I'll be honest. If during the launch, Bless Online's Cash Shop had a token for graphical optimization, I'd have paid for it and considered it acceptable p2w. #ForeHead

Realistically, the p2w model is not out of the ordinary for that region. They don't consider it as negative as we typically do, which is why it's so frequent. In fact, I'd even argue it's more of a culture thing, because far too frequently do you see situations where if you work and can afford it, you should be allowed to benefit from it. I see it all the time on the promotional back end side of things from Eastern Developers, and even some companies out of the RU area. The polarizing effect here in NA/EU is also why such companies like EA are literally demonized for that. I mean look what happened when SquareEnix tried to pull that with the last Deus Ex with DLC. Most NA/EU folks frankly don't want Credit Card Warriors to effect the progression scope of MMOs.

It's my hope that because of the MMO drought, as more and more Eastern developers bring games over to our neck of the woods, they understand the market that exists here and how different it is. It's not done intentionally, it's really out of pure ignorance.

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Mmm, not entirely. Rift went P2W/P, LOTR, SWOTR, NeverWinter, EvE Online, Star Trek Online - i think this are all Western MMO, beside WoW which still uses subscription, that went there too.

Our Market is not that different from Asian. Game companies learned to Milk player all around the world